Combined bank-check and record book.



G. F. WAKEFIELD.

COMBINED BANK CHECK AND RECORD BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED IAN I2. 1916.

Patented Oct 3, 1916.

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GEORGE E. WAKEFIELD, OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINED BANK-CHECK AND RECORD BOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

Application filed January 12, 1916. Serial No. 71,718.

' To all whom it may concern:

relation thereto, upon the opposite cover, a.

ruled record book in which may be entered deposits, checks withdrawn andbalance remaining, so that the state of the account is presented at aglance at all times upon opening the book.

It consists in the construction and arrangement of the differentelements and in details which will be more fully explained by referenceto the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a plan view of thebook when open. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the record sheets rolledup and part of the check broken out, and a portion of the blotting padin place over the check pad. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the recordbook in folded or closed position; and, Fig. 4 is an inverted section onthe line 4t of Fig. 1.

It is the object of my invention to improve the efficiency of checkbooks, particularly designed for pocket use, by placing adjacent to thecheck pad a record on which may be entered the amounts drawn, depositsmade and balance remaining, and attaching said checks and record to aninclosing cover. The cover A is made of cardboard, leather, or othermaterial, and is foldable along the center. The checks 2 are united sothat they may be conveniently separated along the left edge as they areused. The checks are designed to lie upon the lower half of the coverand parallel with the central fold or hinge 3.

In order to secure the checks to the cover a strip or loop at has itsends fixed so that the strip extends across the left end of this half ofthe cover. A tongue 5 is fixed to the left end of the pad of checks andmay be inserted beneath the keeper strip 4, thus holding the checkssecurely while allowing them to be moved or replaced bodily. The otherand upper half of the cover has four keeper strips 6 fixed at thecorners and these are adapted to receive the corners of a supplementalcover 7 which has, foldable centrally and transversely of the outer maincover, a'blank book, with vertical lines forming spaces for dates,entries, deposits, checks drawn, and final balances, so that eachtransaction and the actual balance on hand is shown. The cover 7 and theleaves borne thereby fold on the line 10, which line divides the leavesinto two sections 11 and 12 both being rolled up in Fig. 2 to show thecover 7 As shown in Fig. 2, a blotting pad P may be employed and placedover the checks 2; the pad being omitted from Fig..

1. When the record book is closed, as shown in Fig. 3, it may beconveniently filed away as a permanent record. With this device, whenthe book is opened, the personal record and cash balance are exposed toview at a single operation. A check may be written or a deposit entered,and with a blotter lying between, the closing of the book will blot theentries, after which, by again opening it, the check may be detached.The record book will serve'for a long time, while the checks may beeasily replaced when exhausted. By making the outer cover wider, twosets of checks and two record books may be contained and separateaccounts may be carried in the one device.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is- In a combined bank check and record book, a mainfoldable cover, a pad of blank checks carried by the main cover on oneside of the line of foldthereof, a blank book having a foldable coverwhich is carried by the other side of the main cover with the leaves ofthe blank book open, said blank book having a central line of fold atright angles to the line of fold of the main cover, and means on thelast named side of the main cover to hold the blank book cover open.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

GEORGE F. WAKEFIELD.

Witnesses:

E. J. HnnsEY, LYDIA E. RAPP.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. O.

